… (AQMAs). Further to the Council Motion that was passed, our Climate Change and Air Quality Strategy has been produced to address these significant environmental issues. Our Climate Change and Air Quality Strategy Aims and Objectives are to: • achieve net zero carbon emissions for Buckinghamshire as a whole by 2050 • achieve net zero carbon emissions for the council no later than 2050…
… of our buildings through better insulation, lighting upgrades and improved heating systems Our carbon reduction targets We have set ourselves the goal of reducing our carbon emissions to net-zero no later than 2050. In addition, we are establishing milestone targets for 2030 and 2040. We have aligned these with the UK’s national baseline of 1990 in order to aid comparison of carbon reduction…
… levels. Compared to our estimated 1990 carbon emissions, we will: • reduce our carbon emissions by at least 75% by 2030 • reduce our carbon emissions by at least 90% by 2040 • reach net zero carbon emissions no later than 2050 The UK’s national target is to reach net zero carbon emission by 2050 with an interim target of achieving a 68% reduction by 2030, based on 1990 emission levels…